And now Pak Lah said that anyone can be the Prime Minister of Malaysia after Senator Obama won the 2008 USA President election. Unfortunately in Malaysia, the Prime Minister is not elected by its people but by the out-going prime minister. Isn't it not true. Pak Lah was hand-picked by Mahathir, then Pak Lah picked Najib to be his successor. Do the people have the right to pick the prime minister? No, they can only vote for their member of parliament and state assembly.Traditionally, the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the president of UMNO.
In Malaysia, it is sad to say that people are still largely segregated not by race or religion, but by the narrow-mindedness that propelling race supremacy. PAS spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Aziz said that Islam did not differentiate between race and creed. He hailed the victory of Obama was a victory of sorts for Islam as reported in the Star on 6 Nov, 2008.
Judging from the constant politicking on race issues of late, our mindsets are still far from that of the American, whom most people here see them as devils.
1 comment:
You know in malay language there is a word call"pak turut" now that Obama has made history,that's why they have to say like a hero too, otherwise, ppl say you are outdated.
Before we can have a non malay PM, we should have all impartiality shown to the ppl without race, color or gender
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